McKinsey Matrix (The GE multi factoral) With the help of McKinsey and Company‚ a leading consulting group‚ the General Electric Company (GE) developed a popular business portfolio analysis tool called the GE Multifactor Portfolio Matrix. This tool helps managers develop organizational strategy that is based primarily on market attractiveness and business strengths. Industry attractiveness might be determined by such factors as the rate of industry growth‚ the number of competitors in an industry
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The GE matrix is an alternative technique used in brand marketing and product management to help a company decide what product(s) to add to its product portfolio‚ and which market opportunities are worthy of continued investment. Also known as the ’Directional Policy Matrix‚ ’ the GE multi-factor model was first developed by General Electric in the 1970s. Conceptually‚ the GE Matrix is similar to the Boston Box as it is plotted on a two-dimensional grid. In most versions of the matrix: * the
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AWL (GE/McKinsey approach) | 1. Describe the business portfolio and the options available to AWL. The business portfolio of AWL’s 1998 fiscal year consists of three SBUs‚ namely three new marketing textbooks‚ including Advertising and Sales Promotion Strategy‚ Analysis for Strategic Marketing and Marketing Engineering. We can also see these three textbooks in the GE Portfolio Matrix as shown in Graph 1 and Graph 2. AWL should have clear understanding of these three new textbooks in order
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The General Electric (GE) Market Attractiveness-Business Position Matrix is one of the best-known directional policy matrices‚ “which categorises business units into those with good prospects and those with less good prospects” (Johnson‚ Whittington & Scholes‚ 2011‚ p.252). The following two factors is the principal cause for the development of the GE Matrix. In the 20th century‚ since the blossoming of multi-activity enterprises‚ corporations have faced the challenge of managing its portfolio of
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11/18/2007 Online Social Networks and E-Commerce Their Threats to Privacy and a Proposal for a New Blanket Privacy Policy and Accountability Infrastructure for Consumer Online Privacy Clarence Lee and Shirley Fung Clarence Lee and Shirley Fung Table of Contents Introduction..........................................................................................................................6 Background...............................................................................
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INTRODUCTION ITC Limited ‚ is an Indian conglomerate with a turnover of US $ 6 billion and a market capitalization of over US $ 22 Billion. The company is currently headed by YOGESH CHANDER DEVESHWAR. It employs over 26‚000 people at more than 60 locations across India and is listed on FORBES 2000. ITC Limited completes 100 years on 24th August‚ 2010. ITC BUSINESS PORTFOLIO • Fmcg Paper & Packaging • Hotels • Agri Business • Information Technology • Cigarettes • Personal
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How did Chevron Applied eBusiness Technology to Distribute Material Safety Information.? Chevron Corporation and American Management Systems‚ Inc. (AMS) (Nasdaq: AMSY) have announced that they have successfully implemented an integrated information technology solution that enables Chevron’s North American downstream operations to better serve their customers through more efficient distribution of material safety information. The solution‚ part of Chevron’s MSDS 2000 hazard communication system
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Chevron: Human Energy Chevron is one of the worlds leading integrated energy companies‚ with industries that conduct business worldwide. Also Chevron Company is one of the largest oil companies in the United States. Chevron is out of San Ramon‚ California. The company started in 1879 with the discovery of oil in Pico Canyon north of Los Angeles. The name Chevron became its legal entity name of 1984. Chevron also merged in 2001 with Texaco to grow its business in crude oil and the natural gas
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McKinsey 1. Based on the information provided in the case‚ what kind of organizational structure does McKinsey use and why? How is it connected to its mentality type (type of company within the Bartlett & Ghoshal typology)? Company has strongly embedded “One firm” structure‚ which relates to clients‚ employees and profits. They emphasise the individual consultant development‚ so called I-shaped consultants. It is team-based organisation with team-led sectors and segments. McKinsey’s have
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1. Chevron Corp. is an American multinational energy corporation that is headquartered in San Ramon‚ California. Chevron is active in more than 180 countries engaging in gas‚ oil‚ and geothermal energy industries. Chevron is one of the world’s six super major oil companies and is ranked the third largest company in the fortune 500 list by Fortune Magazine. Chevron’s market capitalization is 232.67 billion and had a net income of 26.18 billion in 2012. Also‚ some of Chevron’s best competitors are
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